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Motor Selection
Motor Selection
for
BELT-CONVEYOR DRIVES
by
MOTOR SELECTION
for
BELT-CONVEYOR DRIVES
AbstractRated power is the motor parameter always
specified when motors are selected for a belt conveyormotor
slip is usually ignored. This paper shows how the running and
starting characteristics of a belt conveyor are influenced by slip.
It shows that high-slip motors improve load sharing between
directly coupled motors, and it shows that high-slip motors
reduce the effect of belt stretch to improve load sharing
between belt-coupled drums. The interaction between stretch
and slip is illustrated graphically to show the percentage of
connected power available to a conveyor without overloading
the motor(s) driving the secondary drum. If the power
requirement for the conveyor has been determined correctly
and if the power available is inadequate, the stretch-to-slip ratio
is too highprobably the result of an inadvertent selection of
high-efficiency motors with low slip and poor starting
characteristics. With these motors, mechanical devices that
introduce slip are required if the conveyor is to operate near
design capacity. A preferable solution is to avoid the problem
by using directly coupled high-slip motors to improve load
sharing and increase starting torque. Examples are given of
two motors that eliminate the need to introduce slip
mechanically.
R
P
M
I. POWER REQUIREMENT
1785
1770
100
150
% FULL-LOAD TORQUE
Fig. 1. Operating-range torque-speed curves
for 1770- and 1785-rpm induction motors.
50
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T2
SLIP
INCOMING
STRETCH
OUTGOING
1764
0%
% RATED POWER
T3
1791
1782
primary drum
secondary drum
head pulley
tension
1800
R
P
M
P
S
H
T
T1
100%
% POWER AVAILABLE
100
80
60
4 MOTOR
3 MOTOR
40
20
0
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
STRETCH-TO-SLIP RATIO
Fig. 4. Power available before overload occurs as a function of stretch and slip.
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700
300
600
250
500
200
400
150
300
100
200
50
100
0
0
20
40
60
80
% FLA
% FLT
350
% FLT
%FLA
0
100
% SYNCHRONOUS SPEED
350
700
300
600
250
500
200
400
150
300
100
200
50
100
0
0
20
40
60
80
% FLA
% FLT
% FLT
%FLA
0
100
% SYNCHRONOUS SPEED
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